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Farewell Party at School, My Last Day At School
When I arrived at the school at 3 p.m. I saw that all the arrangements had been made by the host students. The school hall was beautifully decorated with charts, posters, flowers and placards. The main table on which the principal and the chairman of the school were to be seated, was beautifully decorated with…
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My School Essay
My School 500+ Words for kids and Students I am a student of DAV Senior Secondary School. It is situated on the Chitragupta Road, New Delhi. The school building is very impressive. It is made of stones and bricks. It has 100 rooms. The rooms are well ventilated. There is a big library as well.…
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“DO NEITHER NONE USE SINGULAR OR PLURAL VERBS?”
Neither is used for two things. None is used for three or more things. About singular or plural, this depends. Technically, after neither, we should always use the singular, as in the example above (Neither of my parents is retired / Neither my mom nor my dad is retired.) However, some people do use the plural: Neither of my parents are retired; Neither of…
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“WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN I ’VE GOT AND I’VE GOTTEN ?”
I’ve got = I have; I possess I’ve got to = I must; I need to(often pronounced as “I’ve gotta”) I’ve gotten = I have obtained/receivedI’ve gotten = I have become
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“WHEN SHOULD I USE FEW VS. A FEW ?”
A few usually has a positive connotation, and few usually has a negative connotation. Let’s say I’m moving to a new city, and I say “I have a few friends there.” – that’s a good thing; I know some people so I will have a good time in the new city. Now let’s say my son is not very popular…
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“WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HAVE BEEN + -ING AND HAVE BEEN + PAST PARTICIPLE?”
Have been + ING form is the present perfect continuous. It means an action that has started in the past and continues until the present. Have been + past participle is the present perfect passive. It means something was done to the subject of the sentence sometime in the past.
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SHOULD I SAY ‘IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION’ OR ‘IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS’?”
“If you have any questions” is correct, because the word “question” is a countable noun. When a noun is countable, we always use the plural form after “some” and “any”: We only use the singular form after “some” and “any” when a noun is uncountable:
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Have to vs. must
The main difference between them is that we usually use ’have to’ for a duty imposed by someone else (I have to go to Paris on a business trip.), while ’must’ refers to a subjective obligation (I must go to Paris someday.) For negative sentences, ’don’t have to’ means ’there is no need to’, while…
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How to form exclamatory sentences that start with ’What’ and ’How’?
’What’ requires the following construction: adjective + noun (What a beautiful photo!), while ’how’ is followed by an adjective or adverb (How beautiful!). Another way to use ’how’ is: adjective + of someone/something. (How kind of him!)
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May vs. might
’May’ is used for actions that are likely to happen, when asking and giving permission and expressing wishes. On the other hand, ’might’ refers to something not very likely to happen and is used for polite suggestions. ’Might’ is also a past form of ’may’, usually used when reporting what someone said.